Neuroscientific+Literacy+Survey+Results

Here are the results of your survey responses. The number indicates how many students responded to each item. The number in red indicates the correct answer.


 * || **Agree** || **Don’t Know** || **Disagree** ||
 * One’s environment can influence hormone production and, in turn, personality. || 11 ||  ||   ||
 * Brain activity depends entirely on the external environment. With no senses stimulated, we don’t see, hear, or feel anything. || 1 ||  || 0 ||
 * Children are less attentive after sugary drinks and snacks. || 4 || 1 || 6 ||
 * The mind is the result of the action of the spirit, or of the soul, on the brain. || 3 || 6 || 2 ||
 * Individuals learn better when they receive information in their preferred learning style (e.g. visual, auditory, kinesthetic). || 11 ||  || 0 ||
 * Hormones influence the body’s internal state and not personality. ||  ||   || 11 ||
 * Cognitive abilities are inherited and cannot be modified by the environment or by life experience. ||  ||   || 11 ||
 * Intuition is a “special sense” that cannot be explained by the brain. || 1 || 5 || 5 ||
 * Learning problems associated with developmental differences in brain function cannot be remediated by education. ||  || 2 || 9 ||
 * There are no critical periods in childhood after which you can’t learn some things, just sensitive periods when it’s easier. || 7 || 3 ||  ||
 * Learning is not due to the addition of new cells to the brain. || 8 || 2 || 1 ||
 * Regular drinking of caffeinated soft drinks reduces alertness. || 3 || 2 || 6 ||
 * Exercises that rehearse coordination of motor-perception skills can improve literacy skills. || 7 || 2 || 2 ||
 * The mind is a product of the working of the brain. || 7 || 4 ||  ||
 * Drinking less than 6-8 glasses of water a day can cause the brain to shrink. || 1 || 3 || 7 ||
 * Individuals are not responsible for behavior associated with a developmental difference in brain function. || 1 || 4 || 6 ||
 * Environments that are rich in stimulus improve the brains of pre-school children. || 9 || 2 || 0 ||
 * To learn how to do something, it is necessary to pay attention to it. || 10 ||  || 1 ||
 * Memory is stored in the brain much like as in a computer. That is, each memory goes into a tiny piece of the brain. || 7 || 1 || 3 ||
 * When we sleep, the brain shuts down. ||  || 1 || 10 ||
 * “State of mind” is a reflection of the brain state in a given moment. || 5 || 3 || 3 ||
 * It is with the brain, not the heart, that we experience happiness, anger, and fear. || 10 ||  || 1 ||
 * Memory is stored in networks of cells distributed throughout the brain. || 10 ||  || 1 ||
 * If there are ways to study brain activity, the mind can be studied through them. || 6 || 3 || 2 ||
 * Omega 3 supplements do not enhance the mental capacity of children in the general population. || 1 || 9 || 1 ||
 * Short bouts of coordinated exercises can improve integration of left and right hemispheric brain function. || 10 || 1 || 0 ||
 * We use our brains 24 hours a day. || 9 || 2 ||  ||
 * Learning occurs through modification of the brain’s neural connections. || 8 || 1 || 2 ||
 * Keeping a phone number in memory until dialing, recalling recent events and distant experiences all use the same memory system. || 3 ||  || 8 ||
 * Without a brain, consciousness is not possible. || 8 || 2 || 1 ||
 * Performance in activities such as playing the piano improves as a function of hours spent practicing. || 8 || 1 || 2 ||
 * Emotional brain processes interrupt those brain processes involved with reasoning. || 10 || 1 || 0 ||
 * We mostly only use 10% of our brains. || 4 || 3 || 4 ||
 * Differences in hemispheric dominance (left brain, right brain) can help explain individual differences amongst earners. || 5 ||  || 6 ||
 * Vigorous exercise can improve mental function. || 9 || 1 || 1 ||
 * Individual learners show preferences for the mode in which they receive information (e.g. visual, auditory, kinesthetic). || 11 ||  ||   ||
 * Extended rehearsal of some mental processes can change the shape and structure of some parts of the brain. || 10 || 1 ||  ||
 * Production of new connections in the brain can continue into old age. || 8 || 2 || 1 ||